downstroke

Noun

Meaning

A stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil.

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Flight feathers are stiffened so as to work against the air in the downstroke but yield in other directions. Source: Internet

Wooten popularized the "double thump," in which the string is slapped twice, on the upstroke and a downstroke (for more information, see Classical Thump ). Source: Internet

The pigeon had particularly large breast muscles that indicate powerful flight ( musculus pectoralis major for downstroke and the smaller musculus supracoracoideus for upstroke). Source: Internet

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